Past Exhibition: The Divine Feminine
An Online Group Exhibition (July 2020)
Participating Artists: Elisabeth (Beth) Hudgins, Linda Maldonado, Elise Ritter, Deborah Taylor
Introduction
What is “The Divine Feminine”? It is the spirit of empathy, connectedness, wholeness, and creativity that dwells within and around us. It is the sacred, sensuous, and invisible presence that urges us to explore, express, and grow. It is the soul’s yearning to connect with the infinite.
In this exhibition, four artists express their interpretations of The Divine Feminine in personal and unique ways. Each focuses on an aspect of The Divine Feminine: the natural world, relationships, the containing vessel, and the shape of the feminine. Drawing on inspiration peculiar to their experiences, the artists produce an array of landscapes of the spirit in nature, figures in relationship, abstract designs of feeling and spirit, and visual evocations of creativity and intuition.
As they developed the art for this exhibition, the painters gathered periodically to share their inspiration and ideas, their sketches and challenges, their feedback and suggestions, and their appreciation of each other’s translations of The Divine Feminine.
Exhibit Organization
Organization
This online exhibition comprises the following sections, each of which corresponds to one of the sidebars to the viewer’s right. The individual sections noted below and their corresponding sidebars are hyperlinked for ease of access. Each of the sections also is accessible from the main ARTS AND FAITH page.
Read More »Artists’ Statements
Elisabeth (Beth) Hudgins
While starting to think about the idea of The Divine Feminine, I was drawn back to some of the earliest works of prehistoric art: the Venus figurines. These figurines, some of which were carved from soft stone, were found in many different cultures; the oldest date back 35,000 years. I decided to explore the idea that “The Feminine” is found in most thi…
Read More »Artists’ Inspirations
This section of the exhibit provides the artists’ sources of inspiration for their paintings. One painter took her inspiration from her stone cairns, while the others took theirs from writers, poems, or quotations. Text in quote marks are the paintings’ titles.
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Elisabeth (Beth) Hudgins
Elisabeth Hudgins’s own stone cairns are the source of her i…
Read More »Artwork
Four artists translate into more than 31 paintings their inspired interpretations of "The Divine Feminine."
Artists' Biographical Information
Elisabeth (Beth) Hudgins
Trained as a watercolorist, Elisabeth (Beth) Hudgins maintains her love of transparency, and being able to see through layers of paint and elements. Now a more experimental painter, she enjoys seeing what happens when she layers different materials or pours paints and adds heat. Her goal for her artwork is to maintain a spontaneous and transparent quality,…
Read More »Purchase List for Artworks
Elisabeth (Beth) Hudgins
“Cradle,” Acrylic, $400
“Earth Mother,” Acrylic, $400
“Eve,” Acrylic, $400
“Fire,” Acrylic, $400
“Five,” Acrylic, $400
“Forest,” Acrylic, $400
“Stone,” Acrylic, $400
“Water,” Acrylic, $400
Linda Maldonado
“I Am the Beauty Running through the World,” Acrylic and Collage, $750
“The Light Hidden Within Nature,” Acrylic and Collage, $750
“The Earth Is a Holy Place,” Acry…
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